I also took The Daughter to The Stitching Post on Sunday to get her supplies for her next project. It is a set of butterflies in the latest issue of UK's Cross Stitcher magazine. If you click on this link and look on the left-hand side it shows the cover of the magazine and some of the butterflies are pictured.
And of course I picked up some stash of my own! 4 Country Cottage Needleworks patterns: Sheep In The Meadow, Pumpkin Harvest, Snowflake Serenade, and Bunny Hop.
The Daughter recently completed a project and we framed it yesterday in a wooden hoop. She changed all of the floss colors to her own liking and she did not want to stitch the cat's face that was in the pattern, so I found a button for her to use instead.
I am hoping she sticks with cross stitching, but right now it is sporadic. I remember learning from a friend in 6th grade and not really picking it up seriously until I was married at 23. Only time will tell! But the good thing about the butterflies is that, one, she loves butterflies, and, two, they are all whole stitches, so no backstitch, quarter stitch, french knots, or specialty stitches. And it is about the only thing we have in common, so it is nice to share this with her.
It is all about finding what works for each of us, and then the hobby becomes that much more enjoyable.
In peace, love, and stitches,
Danielle
3 comments:
Strawberry Shortcake is really looking good! I tried to hook my daughter, but she just didn't ever want to take that much time to do anything. I am starting now to brainwash, er, I mean enlighten my 3yo in the love of stitching. There has to be someone to use all this stash after I am gone - LOL!!
How wonderful that your daughter likes to stitch too! I'm hoping my nieces might be interested one day.
Oh, I love that magazine too!
Great progress Danielle!
That's wonderful that DD is learning the hobby. She did a wonderful job with her cat project :o)
Yummy stash!
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